(12-14-2022, 12:41 AM)JagsFanClubOfMD Wrote:

(12-13-2022, 10:58 PM)Jaguar Warrior Wrote: Did we feel this way after 2016 with Bortles? I can't remember. Looking back at the stats, the guy was ballin'. 35 tuddies and 4400 yards is a pretty good sophomore year.

That was 2015. Also, Bortles had a 58% completion rate and led the league in interceptions that year.

Yeah, I walked out of the stadium after the last game in 2015 and literally told my season ticket pals, "At least the offense will be fun to watch next year."  Looking back, Bortles managed a fair amount of yards, but that 2016 offense was hideously dysfunctional, and Bortles looked like he couldn't hit water from a boat half the time.

He did some good things in 2017 of course, but I can't imagine anyone, anywhere thinking that it wouldn't be in the best interest of the team to make sure he could do it more than one year in a row.  I felt it immediately then, and still feel this way - what a bunch of idiots for signing him long-term.  Stupid stupid stupid.  And the guys that had actually earned second contracts knew it too and developed crap attitudes for it.

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